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WORLD'S TALLEST
WOODEN BUILDING!


The tallest wooden building in the world
is a church that is made entirely from wood
- even down to its nuts and bolts. Enjoy! :)
Shangrala's World's Tallest Wooden Building
      The spectacular Russian Orthodox Church buildings, called Kizhi Pogost, have withstood the Earth's elements for more than 150 years and remains the tallest wooden structure in the world. Standing 123 feet tall (37.5m), the magnificent building is made entirely of wood, from the frame to the rivets and the stunning exterior, and shows just how resilient this construction material is.

Shangrala's World's Tallest Wooden Building
      This impressive Kizhi Pogost church, on Kizhi island, west Russia is stunning when bathed in sunlight. The aged wooden domes look silver and decadent.

Shangrala's World's Tallest Wooden Building
      The sheer scale of the skill involved in creating such an enormous, beautiful and purposeful all wooden building is only fully appreciated up close.
      The Church buildings are 150-miles east of the Russian border with Finland. After pleas from churchgoers, the wooden buildings have undergone some renovation, but still without using any other materials.

Shangrala's World's Tallest Wooden Building Shangrala's World's Tallest Wooden Building
      Few wooden structures have since been built to such intricate and eye-catching designs. The impressive domes of the two churches tower over the surrounding countryside and were designed to attract the Christian community of this remote wilderness to one spot on a small island called Kizhi on the waters of Lake Onega.

Shangrala's World's Tallest Wooden Building
      The churches were built in the 18th century and the complex was finally finished without hammering a single nail or other metal fastener in 1862 when the bell-tower was completed. The bell tower was created by visionary carpenter Sysoj Osipov and the larger northern Church of Transfiguration was a Mecca for pilgrims of the eastern Orthodox Christian Church.

Shangrala's World's Tallest Wooden Building
      The Kizhi Pogost is such a rare example of religious architecture that the churches, which are still regularly used, were listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO.

Shangrala's World's Tallest Wooden Building
      With an internal vault shaped like a pyramid there are 102 religious icons from the 17th and 18th centuries displayed inside the structure. Little appears to have changed on the inside of the church in the last 150 years, where basic needs are served for in basic ways.

Shangrala's World's Tallest Wooden Building
      The stunning religious buildings are topped with 22 domes called cupolas.


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